EP Plenary session - 110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

EP Plenary session - Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights

EP Plenary session - Dramatic situation in Gaza and the need for an immediate return to the full implementation of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement

EP Plenary session - Safeguarding the access to democratic media, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

EP Plenary session - Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

High-level event on tackling child sexual exploitation and abuse: Global Action to Combat a Global Crime

Evin INCIR in the EP in Brussels

Delegations for relations with Iraq, including the EU-Iraq Parliamentary Cooperation Committee  constitutive meeting

EP Plenary session - Combating violence against women and domestic violence

Roberta METSOLA, EP President visits Vigil in support of Johan FLODERUS

Press conference Chair on Violence against women

European Parliament assesses the state of fundamental rights in Hungary after the pro-government majority changed the law on public assemblies in March 2025, enabling authorities to classify pro-LGBTIQ+ gatherings as violations of the Child Protection Act and consequently ban the Budapest Pride. MEPs are set to argue that this limitation of the rights of assembly and expression is a direct violation of the basic human and civil rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the core values of the Union. In 1997, Budapest became the first capital of a former Communist bloc country to host a Pride march, a landmark moment for equality and freedom. However, Hungary’s government has been taking regressive steps for many years, dismantling institutions, the rule of law, and freedom of expression, to the point where Parliament can no longer consider the country a full democracy.

Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights: MEPs debate

In a debate with the EU foreign policy chief, MEPs call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and continuation of the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas. Israel recently resumed its military campaign in Gaza after nearly two months of ceasefire, with the Israeli government blaming the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas for rejecting a new US proposal to extend the truce. Hamas, in turn, has accused Israel of abandoning the original deal agreed in January.

Dramatic situation in Gaza and the need for an immediate return to the full implementation of the ceasefire-hostage release agreement: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the situation in Gaza, following the non-extension of the ceasefire.

Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire: MEPs debate

MEPs and representatives of the Polish Council Presidency and the European Commission discuss the upcoming white paper on the future of European defence, set to be unveiled by the Commission and the European External Action Service in mid-March 2025. The white paper will address defence sector capability issues, industrial competitiveness and investment needs. It should also frame the overall approach to EU defence integration, and outline how best the EU can respond to security threats. MEPs debate (part 4).

White paper on the future of European defence: MEPs debate (part 4)

In summer 2024, while presenting her political programme to Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen said that active EU engagement with the Middle East would be one of her priorities if re-elected as Commission President. In President von der Leyen’s mission letter to Kaja Kallas, published in autumn 2024, she tasked the new EU foreign policy chief with presenting a comprehensive EU Middle East strategy, “with a view to the day after the war in Gaza”. The focus of the strategy should, she said, be the promotion “of all the steps needed for the two-state solution and strengthening partnerships with key regional stakeholders”. MEPs debate (Part 2)

Wider comprehensive EU-Middle East Strategy: MEPs debate (Part 2)

MEPs assess recent media reports alleging that Hungary’s intelligence services spied on EU officials investigating fraud in the country. MEPs debate

The Hungarian government’s illegal espionage of EU institutions and investigative bodies: MEPs debate

The day after Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January, MEPs discuss the implications of his second term for transatlantic relations, with representatives from the Polish Council Presidency and the Commission. The debate focus on support for Ukraine, relations with Russia, China, the Middle East, climate change, and trade. MEPs bring up security issues, in light of Donald Trump’s repeated demands that Europe spend more on defence. Speaking in the Committee on Foreign Affairs recently, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned MEPs that “NATO’s current two percent defence spending target is not nearly enough (...) to stay safe.”

Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration: MEPs debate (part 3)

The latest developments in Gaza are discussed by MEPs. MEPs debate (part 1)

Ceasefire in Gaza - the urgent need to release the hostages, to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to pave the way for a two-state solution : MEPs debate (part 1)

INCIR, Evin (S&D, SE)

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